Garment-supporter



G. HAKE.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 191s.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

GEORGE HAKE, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GAaMEN'r-snrronfrna.

To all whom t may concern.'

' is seated for properly lle it known that l, Geenen Hanna citizen ofthe United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Snpporters, of which thefollowing is a specificatlo This invention relates to improvements ingarment supporters,

and consists in the `novel arrangement, construction and combi` Vnationof parts, the detail and Vprincipal features Vof which will behereinaftervfully vde?cribedand set forth in the claims.

The object of my invention is to construct a garment supporter with arigid receiving member and a resilient supporting member, `the samebeing so arranged as to support Vthe garment and prevent t-he same Vfrombecoming detached by the movement oi the person wearing the supporter. Y

further object of my invention is to construct a supporter', one memberof which is arranged of a rigid material such as metal and to it isattached a terial on which is mounted a garment sup` porting head, therigid material being shaped to accommodate the insertion of the headtogether with the garment and a receiving loop formed rigid member inwhich the garment supporting head together with the Vgarment between thesameand preventinglt from becoming detached by the regular move ment ofthe wearer.

A further object of my invention and one of the most specific featuresofthe invention is to provide a garment supporter with a garmentsupporting head having a suitable recess formed therein which properlyengages with a receiving member for holding the garment in a clampedposition.

Figure 1, is a front elevation of my improved invention.

Fig. 2, is a side View of the same.

ig. 3, is a central sectional view of the same.

Fig. e, is a detail perspective view of the garment supporting headshowing the same in position on the resilient member.

Fig. 5, is a perspective view of my invention showing the same clampedto the garment.

Fig. 6, is an enlarged detail sectional View oi the gripping end of thesupporter show- Speceaton of Letters Patent.

Application led September 27, 1918.

portion of strip of resilient ma- Y on the bottom of the clamping the L'arment Vhead is lirmly attached to a Patented Dec. 9, 1919. Serial No.255,952.

ing the head in its relative position with the receiving loop.

Fig. 7, is a detail reversed side of the F ig. 8,

perspective view of the receiving loop.

is a detail perspective view of a the receiving loop showing it inmodified form.

Fig. 9, is a sectional view of the same which illustrates the loop in apartially bent position. Y

In the general construction of my invention and referring to thedrawings in detail 10, indicates a strap of a. resilient or lleXiblematerial and 11 is a receiving member constructed of a rigid materialsuch as metal or the like and which constitutes -one portion of aclamping member between which the garment is properly supported.

rlhe rigid member 11 consists of elongated loop 12, through which thestrap 10 and by said strap the member is supported. Diverging from theloop 12 is a second loop 13, through which is passed and supported thelresilient member let of the supporter, which member is preferablyconstructed of tape or otherresilient material. Divergng from the secondloop 13, are located a pair of arms 15 which are arranged on the radiusof a circle and then an upper is passed run parallel and finallyterminate into a receiving loop 116. This loop consists of rectangularprojections 17 with suitable bent ends 18 and a cross bar 19.

The resilient member of the support consists of the tape 14 andv on thesame is firmly held a garment supporting head 20, consisting of an`elongated rounded portion 21 with the integral base portion 22, thesame provided with an elongated recess or grooved out portion 23 whichis located directly beneath the head 21. The base portion being ofshorter diameter than the head portion 2l, and this entire supportingplate 24 by means of a central fastening member 25 in the form of arivet or the like.

The plate 24 is arranged with a pair of loops 26 through which the tapeor resilient member 14 is looped for supporting the garment supportinghead in its proper position.

The curvilinear portion member is of such diameter as to freely permitthe head together with the garment to pass thereover to be pressedthrough and of the inclined then pressed downwardly through the paiallel sections and'into the receiving loop; and when so in position thegarment is iirmly clamped between the bar 19 of the receiving member andthe recess portion oi the supporting' head.

The supporting head Q0 previously described isv preferably constructedet' some soft durable material such as rubber or the like, so as toprevent the cutting of the gai'- ment- 4which is supported between thetwo members of the supporter.

In Figs. 6, 8, and 9, show a modied Vitom of the supporting loop showingthe same partially bent in a position different from that illustrated inthe other views. But the general position oll the two members of thesupporter in supporting the garment will bring the outer horizontalmember oi'u the supporting loop in the elongated recess of thesupporting head and by this construction a garment is iirmiy gripped andsuificient resiliency is attained without causing the tearing of thegarment and at the same time prevents staining the .garment by rustcaused from the n'ioisture ot the body.

0n account of the resilient member which supports the garment supportinghead, the head may be partially twisted so as to enter the rigid memberwith the material to which it is applied, and the material may be of anythickness which when placed over the head might cause a width greaterthan the circumferential opening between the arms l5, and thisadditional thickness of the material of the garment is taken care of bymeans oi' the narrowness et the base section of the supporting head, andpermits the saine to pass down between the parallel members, in orderthat the head together with the garment may properly seat itself in thereceiving loop formed on the lower end of the rigid member.

Having fully described my invention what I claim is:

l'. A garment supporter comprising a rigid member, its upper portionformed into an elongated loop, a portion of the member arin its 'frontwhich is to receive the outer bar Y of said second loop.

2. A garment supporter comprising a resilient member and a rigid member,a

strap supporting the rigid member, an elongated loop formed on thebottom end or' the rigid member, the ends of said loop heilig slightlycurved, an elongated rounded head 'of non-rustable material attached tothe resilient member, said head having an integral base of shorterlength than the head proper, said base provided with a groove in itsfront side for the reception ofthe outer bar-of the receiving loop andbetween which a Agarment is adapted to be supported, the curved ends ofthe bottom loop arranged to conform to the shape of the head,substantially as specified.

3. A garment supporter comprising a garment supporting head, the sameconsisting of an elongated rounded portion, an integral base of shorterlength, said base cut away forming a groove which is located directlybeneath the elongated portion and in the front in combination with arigid member having an elongated loop Jfor the reception of the head,the outer bar of said .loop designed to be seated vin the groove of thebase for firmly gripping and supporting the garment between the head andloop, substan tially as specified.

:in testimony whereof, have signed my name to this speciication, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

(ir-'EGBGB HAKE.

Witnesses: v

ALFRED A. Eioirs, B. AUSLINE. Y

